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Military service
Service number:
J/5540
Age:
32
Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
137 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
August 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIII. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of Matthew and Elizabeth Wood, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
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Gravemarker
Grave Marker of Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood R.C.A.F. who served with 137 Sqn R.A.F. in Bretteville sur Laize Cemetary, Normandy France.<p> Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection. -
Main Gate
Main Gate at Bretteville sur Laize Cemetery, Normandy France.<p> Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection. -
Cemetary
Bretteville-sur-Laize Cemetery, Normandy, France.<p> Photo used with permission from the Louis Lanfranchie collection. -
Photo of Matthew Wood
LAC Ottawa -
Letter
Letter of recommendation for Matthew Wood. LAC Ottawa -
Document
Training pre-RCAF. Matthew Wood. LAC Ottawa -
Document
Evaluations through RCAF. Matthew Wood. LAC Ottawa -
Letter
Letter written by Matthew Wood's mother asking questions. LAC Ottawa -
Circumstances of death registers
Death memo. LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter by Wood's mother. LAC, Ottawa -
Circumstances of death registers
Circumstances of death. LAC, Ottawa -
Letter
Letter from step-father. LAC, Ottawa -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
Digital gallery of
Flight Lieutenant Matthew Wood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 482 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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